Venues

Kirkcaldy (St Brycedale) Campus

Content

It will provide you with current skills in specialist technical software development and will allow you to develop up-to-date knowledge in Programming and systems development. You will learn how to plan, design and implement a range of different software solutions using JavaScript, VB.net, C++, Oracle, Java, PHP, MySQL, XML, HTML5, CSS, and Android.

You will also gain exposure to GitHub, which is widely used in industry for revision control and source code management.

Topics Include:
Cloud Computing; Software Development: Developing Small Scale Standalone Applications; Software Development: Programming Foundations; Ethical Hacking; Professionalism and Ethics in Computing; Data Science SCQF Level 8; Relational Database Management Systems; Troubleshooting Computer Problems; Developing Software: Introduction; Computer Systems Fundamentals; Team Working in Computing; Computing: Graded Unit 1; Computing: Software Development.

Entry Requirements

1 relevant Higher plus 4 subjects at National 5; or Foundation Apprenticeship IT: Software Development plus 4 subjects at National 5; or relevant national qualifications at SCQF Level 6.

Progression Routes

HND Software Development with Data Analytics